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Hiss On The Tape Chords

Music by: John Martyn
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[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Hiss on the tape
[D]She's just a [G]hiss [Am]on the tape.
[C][Am]

[Verse 2]
[D]She's jus[C]t a hiss on the[Am] tape[Em]
[Am]Her [Em]head's so di[Am]rty
[Em]She'[G]s a girl[Am] on the make
[Em]She could be fifteen o[Am]r thirty
[D]Got to give her a b[Am]reak
[Em]Her [Am]sensi[G]tivities glisten
She's had [Am]all she can take
[Em]Still the tape [C]keeps hissing.

[Verse 3]
You can [D]ask her [G]the ques[Gsus4]tion
[F]Ah she'll tel[Am]l you the lie[Gsus4]
[G]They're too[F] man[Am]y to [G]men[Gsus4]tion
[F]Too many won[E]dering why[Gsus4]

[Verse 4]
She's just a [Am]hiss on the tape
She's just a hiss on [D]the tape[Em][D]
[Em]She's [G]just a [Am]hiss on [Em]the tape
She's [C]just a [Am]hiss on
[D]the tape.[Em][C]

[Verse 5]
She's [C]a ball in [Am]the [Em]air
Emotional [C]token
[G]Just [C]one of [Am]a pair
Til her bond gets [D]broken
[G]There's [Am]a point in [Em]the line
Her mind [Am]starts doubting
[G]Just [Am]a dot on the card
[Em]All [Am]done bar the shouting.[D]

[Verse 6]
[D]Ask her [Am]the ques[Gsus4]tion[F]
She'll keep [F#dim]telling t[G]he
[Gsus4]lie[F]
They're too [E]many [Gsus4]to mentio[F]n
Too [Am]many wonder[Gsus4]ing why.

[Verse 7]
She's just a [Am]hiss on [D]the tape[Em]
[C]She's a hiss on [D]the tape
[Am]She'[C]s a hiss[Am] on the [Em]tape
[Am]She'[C]s a hiss[Am] on the [D]tape.

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Em][F#dim][Gsus4]
[G][D][Gsus4][G][F#sus4][Gsus4][C][Am][Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G]
[Gsus4][F][G]

[Verse 8]
[Am]Hiss on [Em]the tape
[Am]She's just a hiss on [D]the tape
[Am]Oh she's just [G]a hiss[Am] on the tape
She's just a [D]his[Em]s.
[G]There's a

[Verse 9]
[Am]crack in her mind
[D]There's a f[Em]ault [Am]in her logic
She's fallen behind
She knows she just can't [D]dodge it
Like the snap of [Am]the trap
She closes up so [D]tightly
She cut [Am]out all the rap
She just plays twice [D]nightly.

[Verse 10]
[D]Ask her [Am]the ques[Gsus4]tion[G]
[C]She'll [Am]keep telling the [G]lie[Gsus4]
They're [C]too [G]many to [Gsus4]mention[C]
Too many [Am]won d[G]ering [C]why.

[Verse 11]
Oh She's going [Am]out with [G]a friend
[D]She's [Em]in a strange good hu[C] mour
She got [Am]no time to spend
[D]She's just [Em]the start of [D]the [Am]rumour
[G]Just [Am]a silky [G]suggestion
[D]A s[Em]liver of th[Am]igh
It's out of the ques[D]tion
Give the slightest [G]of sighs.
[Am]She's [C]just a

[Verse 12]
[Am]hiss on [G]the tape
[Am]She's just a hiss on [D]the tape[G]
[D]She's just [Am]a girl on the make
She's just a hiss on the [D]tape.[Am][Em]
[C]She's jus[G]t a

[Verse 13]
[Am]hiss on the tape
She's just a hiss on [D]the tape
She's just a [Am]hiss
She's just a hiss on the tape
[Am]She's [Am]just a hiss
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